Does the Death of Silly Bandz Mark the Return of the Slap Bracelet?

Today the New York Post reports that slap watches are the new Silly Bandz. Only, as anyone who came of age in the late 80s well knows, what the Post is hailing as "the new" is really just a slap bracelet (the short-lived accessories craze of the late 80s/early 90s) with a watch face on it. Which is exciting since slap bracelets were awesome. They were also banned because the metal strip inside the fabric that snapped over wrists often became exposed and caused injuries and they were subsequently banned from many schools. At least they were banned from my elementary school and that was a sad day for the girls of Lafayette Elementary School in Washington D.C.
"Slap watches -- whose straight, plastic bands curl around a wrist when they're slapped against it -- are being aggressively pushed by some merchants as the latest in cheap, colorful, mix-and-match fashion," the article reads. The story goes on to quote numerous retailers, including Henri Bendel, who are pushing slap watches and have declared silly bandz "over." Allen Ash of Almar Sales Co., told the Post he expects to sell a million slap watches this year and said, "Silly Banz may still have a little life on the West Coast, but they are completely over on the East Coast."

Today the New York Post reports that slap watches are the new Silly Bandz. Only, as anyone who came of age in the late 80s well knows, what the Post is hailing as "the new" is really just a slap bracelet (the short-lived accessories craze of the late 80s/early 90s) with a watch face on it. Which is exciting since slap bracelets were awesome. They were also banned because the metal strip inside the fabric that snapped over wrists often became exposed and caused injuries and they were subsequently banned from many schools. At least they were banned from my elementary school and that was a sad day for the girls of Lafayette Elementary School in Washington D.C.

"Slap watches -- whose straight, plastic bands curl around a wrist when they're slapped against it -- are being aggressively pushed by some merchants as the latest in cheap, colorful, mix-and-match fashion," the article reads. The story goes on to quote numerous retailers, including Henri Bendel, who are pushing slap watches and have declared silly bandz "over." Allen Ash of Almar Sales Co., told the Post he expects to sell a million slap watches this year and said, "Silly Banz may still have a little life on the West Coast, but they are completely over on the East Coast."

The fashion industry has embraced silly bandz so we're sad to learn of their impending death (though Robert Croak of BCP Imports, who has been credited as the creator of Silly Bandz tells the Post that "People are forgetting that Silly Bandz are still new in places like Kazakhstan, Spain and Finland"). But we might get on board with collecting some TKO slappers (sold at Bendel's and called the "poor man's Balenciaga" by New York) and stacking them up our wrists.

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All the rage with the kids, funny-shaped, brightly colored Silly Bandz are this generation's answer to the slap bracelet. Modelina.com recently reported that even the fashion crowd has taken to the craze--both Henry Holland and Agyness Deyn have begun collecting.
Slap bracelets aside, the whole trend is very reminiscent of those rubbery rave bracelets that kids used to wear in stacks. The difference this time around? You don’t have to been an angsty teenager or have matching neon hair to try it out. In order to get to the bottom of this phenomenon, we talked to a girl named Morgan, who is in her twenties and collects Silly Bandz with her friends.

How can you not open an email that has "Cocksox: July 10 Is Cocksox® Day: Cocksox® Celebrates 5 Wild Years of Bringing Sexy Men's Lingerie, Underwear and Swimwear to the World" in the subject? Cocksox is written three times in the subject alone, 13 in total throughout the entire release.
Now we'll say it again. Cocksox, as the name suggests, is men's "lingerie" and swimwear that supports a man's bits with an "anatomically correct pouch." According to the release, Cocksox came about out of a drunken dare between creators Nadiah Kanawaty and Nigel Christensen, a couple based out of Sydney. The dare became a successful business, and Cocksox is now celebrating their fifth year in action with Cocksox day on July 10.
"I wanted to make Cocksox Day really fun so as well as having a party, we've added the wild 'Carnivore' print to our most popular underwear and released some great new colour-ways," Kanawaty said in the release. "'Carnivore' is a rich, leopard-based print and is totally unique to Cocksox."
Cocksox is just one of many wacky naughty fashion items we've come across over the years.